Use of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) powder to enhance artificial diet formulations for Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
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- 作者：M. Guadalupe Rojas ; Juan A. Morales-Ramos ; juan.moralesramos@ars.usda.gov" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Eric W. Riddick
- 关键词：Ladybird beetles ; Mass rearing ; In vitro rearing ; Development ; Fecundity ; Life cycle ; Life table
- 刊名：Biological Control
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：100
- 期：Complete
- 页码：70-78
- 全文大小：929 K
文摘
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We developed artificial diets for the predatory lady beetle Coleomegilla maculata.
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We compared artificial diet formulations to a natural food mix.
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We supplemented meridic artificial diets with dry extracts of the factitious prey Tenebrio molitor.
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Meridic artificial diets were inferior to the control and to those including T. molitor extracts.
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Coleomegilla maculata fed artificial diets with T. molitor extracts produced more progeny and their doubling time was shorter than those fed the control diet and the diets lacking insect components.